Interesting, informative clip over how QB Darian Mensah just became the HIGHEST PAID player of the NIL era ($8M over 2 years).
More importantly, the 247 Sports’ writer being interviewed notes that “Non-traditional” blue-blood schools that normally aren’t recruiting/transfer portal destinations or “threats” (ex. Duke, TxTech, etc.), are finding ways to get more money & throwing it around a lot more than they ever have…
All this in before the House Settlement on Revenue Sharing kicks in in ~6 months.
Is it sustainable to rely on alumni to fund football programs? This isn’t the NFL where players are paid a base salary, bonuses and other incentives from media, sponsorships, licensing, and ticket sales. Perhaps all schools should become employers to pay players instead of hoardig the millions of media dollars. School spin millions of dollars to fund new stadiums, facilities, etc. I realize there are big donors that help fund these projects as well but maybe it makes more sense to use the NFL model to pay players as employees.
